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On the busy streets of Seoul on Friday, residents were bracing for Foundation Day: one of the most important public holidays in neighbouring North Korea and one that is often marked with a show of military force. South Korea is closely watching North Korea over the possibility it may test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile as soon as Saturday when it celebrates its founding anniversary.

As of Monday night, 36 Florida hospitals were closed, and 54 were operating on backup generators, according to data from the Florida Department of Health. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said all state offices and buildings would be closed Monday in 24 counties under tropical storm warnings. A total of nearly 4.5 million Florida Power & Light customers have been affected by the storm, with about 1 million getting service restored, mostly by automated devices.

The governor's comments came as outer bands of Irma began pouring rain on the state's southern coast. The Post and Courier reported that at least 100 roads in the Charleston area were shut down due to storm surge flooding, and reported that by 10:30 a.m., NOAA's tidal gauge in the area was at 7.5 feet.

But those two words - " tax reform " - mean much different things to Democrats and Republicans, just like the three word phrase, 'health care reform, ' making bipartisanship much more hard to formulate. I think if they had something big they'd be floating elements of it now", said Representative Darrell Issa. And Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., the head of the Senate Republican campaign arm, called Bannon's efforts "a distraction".

North Korea's state news agency, KCNA, said Kim threw a banquet to laud the nuclear scientists and other top military and party officials who contributed to the nuclear bomb test last Sunday, topped with an art performance and a photo session with the leader himself.

Both Modi and Abe are expected to land at Ahmedabad on Wednesday. India would purchase 12 of the aircraft off-the-shelf and may produce up to 18 more domestically, in line with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Make in India" initiative.

The UN Security Council [official website] reached a unanimous decision on Monday to adopt a US-drafted resolution [press release] imposing a series of fresh new sanctions on North Korea. Instead, annual crude oil supplies are capped at current levels - China is believed to supply around four million barrels a year through a pipeline, while deliveries of refined oil products such as gasoline and diesel are limited to two million barrels a year.

North Korea's embassy in Lima declined comment. "So this is a very significant tightening up still further of the constraints on the North Korean regime". It also strengthens the possibility of inspecting ships on the high seas. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea .

According to the UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis, the parties have managed to achieve "concrete progress", while European Commission's chief negotiator Michel Barnier stated skepticism, saying there was no decisive progress on any of the principal subjects .

The Bombay High Court will decide on the transit anticipatory bail application filed by the top management of the Ryan International group today. Senior Advocate Niteen Pradhan filed a plea in the court, stating that the incident was most unfortunate but the management could not be held culpable, as sought by the parents of the deceased child.